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I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people.

— Tony Campolo

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It's remarkable that the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy are not only uniting the Left and Right in Israel but might even be creating some common ground between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

— Ted Cruz

I don't know where Bush is going - yet. But, Sharon obviously - I wrote somewhere in the last several months, that Sharon has adopted, essentially, the position of the Labor Party: that the Palestinians are here to stay.

— Arthur Hertzberg

The ability of the president to be perceived as someone with whom all Israelis can identify depends on his ability to avoid being a party to debate.

— Reuven Rivlin

When a deeply sympathetic American president asks for concessions and compromises and appears able to cajole some from the Palestinians, which was the Clinton/Rabin and Bush/Sharon combination, Israel must respond.

— Elliott Abrams

We are the greatest experts in the world in criticizing our country, but no one loves his country more than the Israelis. No one.

— Ehud Olmert

I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.

— Najib Razak

There's been a significant amount of Israelis who are joining my party because they think that Israel has to have a tough stance in this crazy environment called the Middle East.

— Naftali Bennett

Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism.

— Jack Schwartz

✗Opposing Perspectives

According to Netanyahu, he should rule like a Caesar, and the Knesset should be run by the tyranny of the majority.

— Ayman Odeh

There's no doubt we'd be very angry if the American president had come to the Knesset and argued against the government of Israel.

— Reuven Rivlin